November

Lawyers Journal

MBA holds fall Western Mass. Dial-A-Lawyer

By Jennifer Rosinski

November 2012

MBA volunteer lawyers helped answer legal questions from 357
callers from Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire counties on
the afternoon and evening of Tuesday, Oct. 16. MBA's semiannual
Western Massachusetts Dial-A-Lawyer call-in program provides legal
advice at no charge as a public service of the MBA.

The MBA's Dial-A-Lawyer program is co-sponsored by Western New
England University School of Law, The Republican, El
Pueblo Latino, the Massachusetts Association of Hispanic
Attorneys and the Hispanic National Bar Association.

"People can call and ask a question with no strings attached,"
said longtime volunteer Michael Siddall, of Siddall & Siddall
PC in Springfield, who has volunteered at the event for several
years. "I've come to realize people really do rely on the program
as a way to answer some lingering questions or to get a second
opinion."

The two call-in programs held in Western Massachusetts complement
the monthly Dial-A-Lawyer programs held at the MBA's Boston office
on the first Wednesday evening of each month.

The next Western Mass. Dial-A-Lawyer will take place in May 2013.
For more information on how to get involved, e-mail Claudia Staten
at [e-mail cstaten].